Combined heating drum and canopy



'May 18 1926.

H. M. SHEER COMBIN ED HEATING DRUM AND CANOPY Filed Fe 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 18 1926. 1,585,424

H. M. SHEER COMBINED HEATING DRUM AND CANOPY Filed Feb. 19, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 18, 1926.

HENRY Ia. SHEER, or earner, rrmrnors,

QUINCY, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNO'B, T0 H. M. SHEER COMPANY, OF

1 GORPGRATIGN OF ILLINOIS.

CGIE IBINED HEATING DRUM AND CANOPY.

Application filed February 1.9, 1323. Serial No. 620,112.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined he. ting drums and canopies for brooders.

The object 01 the present invention is to provide a canopy tor brooders which is both simple and inexpensive, and this is accon.- plished by providing a heating drum which receives and carries oil the products of coinbustion and which suspends n an adjustable position, the wings forming the canopy.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation partly in vertical section;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view;

Figure 3 is a detail showing a form of diaphragm in perspective;

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one of the wings detached; and

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the braces.

A represents a drum or radiator preterably made or sheet metal and mounted on a hollow cylindrical pedestal .l to which it may be permanently or detachably secured at the joint 2. A diaphragm 3 is removably supported within the drum and has downturned sides 4; forming supports therefor. The corners of this diaphragm 3 may be cut off to form outlets 5 for the products of combustion which rise from the burner 6 and spread beneath the diaphragm 3 and issue through the outlets- 5 at the corners into the chamber 7 of the drum, and finally through the central pipe or chimney 8.

The top plate 9 of the drum is preterably bent upwardly and outwardly forming an inverted L-shaped flange 10 which its and rests removably upon the upper edge of the drum.

The canopy is preferably made o1 several wing sections 11 of which four are shown in the drawings. These are provided with flanges 12 at the upper edge 'as one of several simple means for removably support ing the canopy sections or wings upon the upper edge of the drum and also to give strength to the sections or wings out the canopy, and a flange 13 at the lower edge also gives strength. and rigidity to these canopy sections or wings.

The wings may be adjustably supported in any approved manner, as for instance, by braces is, which will admit of their beraised or lowered by securing inner ends at diiierent points on the sides of the drum, as indicated at 18.

Air to support combustion is supplied through the holes 15 in the hollow cylindrical pedestal 1. When an oil burner is used the oil is supplied from the tank 16, and the pipe 17 which leads from the tank to the burner. As illustrated in the drawings, the hollow pedestal 1 has a double function. It not only supports the drum or radiator, but also encloses the burner and protects the chiclrs therefrom,

lVhile the drum and canopy is shown in the form of a square, obviously it might be circular or octagonal or of other forms. Other means of detachably supporting the canopy wings might also be employed as well as different means of bracing them and the device is applicable to air blast stoves, as well as oil buriier heaters, it being complete as an article by itself without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention;

It is also understood that the height of both the drum or radiator and the wings frolm the ground is a mere matter of de- From the foregoing, it will be seen that provision is made for protecting and keeping the young chicks warm and sheltered in a more or less even temperature without endangering their lives by coming in contact with the burner, or by reason of their having to breathe any of the products of combustion from which they are always protected.

I claim:

1. The combination of a drum, wings having hooks at the upper edges thereof for being detachably hooked over the edges of the drum, and means secured to the wings for engaging the sides of the drum and supporting the wings in a predetermined spaced relation therefrom.

2. The combination of a drum, wings adjustably connected therewith and having longitudinal slots formed therein, braces extending from the wings to the drum for adjustably supporting the wings, and means extending through the slots and engaging the braces for adjusting said braces relative to the wings.

3. The combination of a drum, wings detachably connected therewith and having longitudinal slots formed therein, braces shaped outer edge hooked over the upper extending from the Wings and engaging the edge of the drum, and Wings havin hooked l0 sides of the drum for adjustably supportflanges at the upper edges thereof for suping the Wings, and means extending through porting said Wings from the edges of the the slots and braces for adjustebly securing top of the drum. said braces to the Wings. In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- 4, The combination of a drum, a removture. able top therefor having a substantially U HENRY M. SHEER. 

